Indigenous Student Bursary
The Indigenous Student Bursary is an award provided to self-identified Indigenous students with financial need who are attending post-secondary programs and / or training programs at either Ontario publicly-assisted colleges and universities, or any of the nine Aboriginal post-secondary education and training institutions in Ontario.
This bursary was established to support the Government of Ontario’s Indigenous Education Strategy.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Open to students in all programs and all years of study.
- Residency: Domestic students – Ontario residents only
- Other criteria: Must self-identify as a First Nations (Status or Non-Status), Metis, or Inuit student.
- Must demonstrate financial need.
- Award
- "Varies"
- Deadline
- 10/31/2024
- Supplemental Questions
- Would you like to be considered for this bursary?
- Indigenous Identity Declaration:
- 1. Do you identify with any of the specific identities provided below? Please check all categories that apply to you:
- 2. If you selected "Alternative identity term" above, please provide term name here:
- Impact Statement
- 1. Please share how this bursary would impact your educational goals and success at Sheridan.
- 2. Would you be willing to share this impact statement with Sheridan departments external to Financial Aid and Awards?
- I give my consent to the disclosure of my personal information with the Centre for Indigenous Learning and Support for the purpose of administering this bursary.
- Notice of Collection of Personal Information: The Ministry of Colleges and Universities (the Ministry) has provided your postsecondary institution with the funding to administer the Indigenous Student Bursary. As a condition of this funding, your postsecondary institution is required to disclose to the Ministry your contact information (including your address and telephone number), the amount of funding you receive from the Bursary program and the date it was awarded, your study period, and information related to your eligibility for the bursary. This personal information will be used by the Ministry to administer and finance the Bursary program. It will also be used to establish the minimum amount of student aid your postsecondary institution is required to provide under the Student Access Guarantee (the Guarantee) and to administer and finance the Guarantee. If you apply for OSAP assistance, the Ministry will use this personal information to update your OSAP application or award, including your declared income. In addition, the financial aid office at your postsecondary institution will use the personal information you disclose on your OSAP application form to determine your financial need as part of your eligibility for support from the Bursary program. Administration includes: public reporting on the administration and financing of the Bursary program and the Guarantee; monitoring and auditing your postsecondary institution or its authorized agents to ensure that they are administering the Bursary program appropriately; conducting risk management, error management, audit and quality assessment activities; and conducting policy analysis, evaluation and research related to all aspects of student financial assistance. Financing includes: planning, arranging or providing funding of the Bursary program and the Guarantee. The Ministry administers the Bursary program and the Guarantee under the authority of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.19, as amended. If you have any questions about the collection or use of this information, contact the Director, Student Financial Assistance Branch, Ministry of Colleges and Universities, P.O. Box 4500, 189 Red River Road, 4th Floor, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6G9. Consent to the Indirect Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information I agree that my postsecondary institution may disclose personal information about me to the Ministry only for the purposes identified above. I have read and understood all parts of this section, including the notice of collection, use and disclosure of my personal information and my signature attests to my consent to the indirect collection, use and disclosure of my personal information.